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In 1986, Alison Taylor, the officer-in-charge of Ty Newydd local authority children’s home in Bangor, complained to her superiors in Gwynedd County Council about alleged assaults on children. Dissatisfied with the response, she spoke to Keith Marshall, a county councillor, who reported her concerns to the Chief Constable of North Wales.

A police investigation was carried out by Detective Chief Superintendent Gwynne Owen, head of North Wales CID, from 1986 to 1988. The Crown Prosecution Service recommended no criminal proceedings. However, she compiled a voluminous document that was presented to the new social services chairman, Malcolm King, in 1991. He